Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at Mercy Medical Center Redding

2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$179.99

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$355.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$26.62 with California Health & Wellness vs $121.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $26.62 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.25 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.25 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $76.23 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options $76.23 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $81.07 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $89.54 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $90.75 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.80 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $104.06 ↓ -42%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $108.90 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $110.11 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $117.37 ↓ -35%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.58 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $121.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $121.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $121.00 ↓ -33%

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Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $200.17 $48.72 – $158.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.93 $43.75 – $157.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.23 $43.75 – $169.75
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $46.46 $41.08 – $158.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $336.10 $35.28 – $144.06
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54.08 $24.15 – $100.80
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $247.25 $48.83 – $575.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $224.83 $54.25 – $575.00

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